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Time

10-15 minutesAudience

Teens and adults

Description

This icebreaker can be a fun way to start group activities. It uses Taco Bell ® hot sauce packets, which have quirky quotes on each packet (supposedly things that the hot sauce might say if it could talk). Participants will take turns drawing out a packet and pretending that the quote is a pick-up line they would use when meeting someone of the opposite sex. (Word of caution: some of the packets can be a bit racy (unintentionally)….you might want to hand-pick the packets you want to use.)

Materials

A handful of Taco Bell hot sauce packets for each small group (of about 4-8 people)

Alternately, you could print out the photos of the packets that are available on the Lesson and Material Downloads page at www.teachingthem.com. The file name is “Taco Sauce Pickup Lines – Packet Photos (ICEBREAKER).”

Bowls (optional)

Preparation

· Get the taco sauce packets or print the file, and cut out the different packets so that each one is on a separate slip of paper.

· Put the packets or the slips of paper into bowls (one per group).

Procedure

Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs):

“Does everyone here know what a pickup line is?” (If someone doesn’t, explain that pickup lines are things that a guy or a girl might say to someone of the opposite sex that they are interested in when they first meet them.)

“Has anyone here ever heard a really bad pickup line?” (Let several people share their bad pickup lines with the rest of the group.)

“Let’s do an icebreaker where we can practice some really bad pickup lines with each other.”

“I’m going to divide you into small groups first.” (Divide participants into groups of 4-8 each, and give each group a bowl of sauce packets or paper slips. Try to get an even mix of guys and girls in each group.)

“Okay, pick someone in your group to go first.” (Allow them to pick the person who goes first.)

“That person should reach into the bowl and draw out a packet.”

“Then, he or she has to turn to someone in the group of the opposite sex and pretend to meet them for the first time using the pickup line on the packet.”

“Ham it up, and have fun with it!”

“Then, the turn rotates clockwise to the next person.”

“Keep going until you are out of packets.” (Let them begin. When they are done, you can ask them what their favorite pickup lines were from the icebreaker. If you would like to use this as a teachable moment, you can ask the following Debrief Questions.)

Debrief Questions

How did you feel whenever you were given one of the pickup lines? …whenever you were the ones delivering them?

Audience

Adults

Time

30-45 minutesDescription

These scenarios deal with sexual harassment issues and can be used in several ways.

o You can have participants try to decide if the scenario is actually sexual harassment or not. (For those that are not sexual harassment, they can discuss what change in the scenario would make them sexual harassment.)

o You can have participants decide if the scenario is more Quid Pro Quo Harassment or more Hostile Work Environment Harassment (if you do this, you will need to share the definitions, which can be found at www.teachingthem.com on the Lesson and Material Downloads page in the PowerPoint file entitled, “Sexual Harassment – All Definitions.”)

o You can have participants role-play the situations.

o You can have participants discuss what the recipient of the unwelcome attention should do next.

Scriptures

o N/A

Materials

o “Sexual Harassment Scenario Cards” (a file that you can download at www.teachingthem.com on the Lesson and Material Downloads page) – you will need one set of cards per group

o Scissors or other cutting tool to cut out the cards

o “Sexual Harassment – All Definitions” (if you want to teach about the definitions of Sexual Harassment, Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Work Environment – you can find this file at www.teachingthem.com on the Lesson and Material Downloads page)

o Computer, projector and screen (if you use the PowerPoint Slides)

Preparation

o Review the scenarios and delete or pull out any that you don’t want to address.

o Print the scenario cards (1 per group)

o Cut out the cards

o Practice the script.

Procedure

Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs):

“We’re going to do an activity that will help you contextualize what you have been learning about sexual harassment.”

“I’m giving each group a set of scenario cards.” (Pass out scenario cards.)

“On them, there are different situations – some are sexual harassment and some are not.”

“What I want your group to do is…” (At this point you will give them different instructions based on what you want them to do. They can do one of the following or a combination of more than one.

o Try to decide if the scenario is actually sexual harassment or not. For those that are not sexual harassment, discuss what change in the scenario would make it sexual harassment.

o Decide if the scenario is more Quid Pro Quo Harassment or more Hostile Work Environment Harassment (if you do this, you will need to share the definitions, which can be found at www.teachingthem.com on the Lesson and Material Downloads page in the PowerPoint file entitled, “Sexual Harassment – All Definitions.”)

o Role-play the situations.

o Discuss what the recipient of the unwelcome attention should do next.

(Allow groups to go through the activity for 20-30 minutes. Then debrief by asking the following questions.)

Debrief Questions

1. What is your reaction to the activity? Or How do you feel about what you’ve been doing/learning?

2. What did you learn about sexual harassment?

3. How will this impact how you relate to your coworkers in the future?

This object lesson teaches how important it is to maintain godly character by using the popular Jenga ® game from Hasbro.

Materials

Jenga ® game (or a similar game that is played with a block tower)

Label maker or permanent marker

Preparation

Using the label maker or the permanent marker, label all the Jenga blocks with the following virtues, or choose some of your own.(It’s okay to use a virtue more than once; just mix up the identical virtues when you set up the block tower.)Bolded virtues are the “fruit of the Spirit” from Galatians 5:22 in case you want to just focus on these.

·Courage

·Dependability

·Fairness

·Faithfulness

·Friendliness

·Generosity

·Goodness

·Helpfulness

·Honesty

·Integrity

·Joy

·Kindness

·Love

·Loyalty

·Patience

·Peace

·Responsibility

·Self-control

·Selflessness

·Build the tower in the teaching area according to the instructions in the game.Each new level should have three blocks turned 90 degrees (perpendicular) to the level below it.

Procedure

Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs):

“A person’s character is a very important thing.”

“Does anyone know what the word, ‘character,’ means?”(Listen for responses and add to the definition if necessary.)

“Character is your moral quality.It’s your virtue.A person’s character is reflected in the things that he/she does or does not do.If they do good things, we say he/she has good character.If they do bad things, we say he/she has bad character.”

“People with good character are honest, friendly, helpful, loyal, fair…and a lot of other good things.These are called virtues.”

“But good character is a hard thing to keep.You’ve really got to work to make sure your good character stays good.”

“Good character is like this Jenga ® tower.”(Point out tower.)

“It’s made up of lots of different virtues, all stacked together.”(Carefully remove one or two of the top blocks from the tower, and show the labels to the group.Then, return the block to the top of the tower.)

“If we take away one of these virtues, the tower will still be pretty sturdy.”(Allow one of the kids to carefully remove one of the blocks from the middle of the tower.Let the child read the label out loud.)

“We can even take away several of the virtues, and the tower will still stand.”(Allow several kids in turn to take out a block and read the label.)

“But if we keep losing virtues from our character tower, it won’t stand for long.”(Allow kids to keep playing in turn until the tower falls.)

“Our character only stays strong as we continue to honor God through virtuous actions.”

“The devil likes to poke holes in our tower one piece at a time.”

“First he tempts you to tell a lie or be mean to someone.”

“When you give into the temptation and sin, you lose a piece of your character tower.In this case the “Honesty” virtue or the “Kindness” virtue.”

“The devil will continue to poke holes in your character tower over and over until it crumbles.”

“So, keep your tower safe!Don’t fall for the devil’s temptations!”

“And if you do, tell God that you’re sorry right away.He will immediately forgive you and help you to start rebuilding the part of your tower that you lost.”